Portugal - The route to the Conference in Caceres, Spain. June 2005

You will note from the map that Lisbon is closer to Caceres than Madrid.

I thus flew to Lisbon, and rented a car (A Smart Car made by Mercedes) to drive to Spain.

On returning to Lisbon after the conference, I stopped in Evora, an old town founded in Roman times, recommended by the car rental agency in Lisbon. It is located about half way between the Portuguese-Spanish border (Badajoz) and Lisbon. It is noted for its Temple of Diana located in the town center.

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The town of Evora is surrounded by a medieval city wall and has a Roman aqueduct built to supply water to the town in Roman times. The city wall can be seen on the left of the first photo.

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They were holding a Citron 2 cv car rally that afternoon driving the narrow streets of the old city. There must have been more than forty of the classic car that got France and much of Western Europe back on the road after WWII.

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The town square of Evora, where they were having a "Shoot the pig " contest. Like the bull fights in Portugal, the pig does not die, but the arrow is shot at the target, not the pig.

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In the course of walking through the old city, this unusual blue flowering tree was seen. When I got to the end of the street there was a small terrace surrounded by these beautiful trees.

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Saying goodbye to Evora and continuing on to Lisbon, I got this view of the Roman Temple of Diana that reminded me of the remains of antebellum houses in Mississippi that had been preserved in their destruction over the years as a memorial to former grandeur.

 

For photos of the ICTE Conference and Caceres: See http://cpanel.ischool.illinois.edu/~weech/Spain/Conf/icte05.htm
For photos of excursion to Celtic sites: See http://cpanel.ischool.illinois.edu/~weech/Spain/Celts/Excu05.htm
For photos of Roman sites in Merida, Spain, see: http://cpanel.ischool.illinois.edu/~weech/Spain/Merida/Roman.htm
For photos of Lisbon, see: http://cpanel.ischool.illinois.edu/~weech/Spain/Lisbon/LisPics.htm

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